The best animation starts at 2:37 and continues through the end which is so wild and trippy!!  

One of my favorite Beethoven pieces, symphony No.7 with interesting graphic visual.

We are loving this 40's inspired story with the lovely Kate Moss wearing Chariots on Fire's 
favorite, Marion Vidal's ceramic necklaces. 

Marion Vidal's new collection will be available at Chariots on Fire in August!

British Vogue, August 2011 Issue
Photo: Mario Testino, Fashion editor: Lucinda Chambers

Taylor - Burton: relief in salvaged wood by Ron van der Ende
Flawless: relief in reclaimed timbers by Ron van der Ende

The lady herself: 'Charlotte Perriand en Savoie, vers 1930'
©AChP

If you are in or around Paris this summer, take a moment to see  Charlotte Perriand: Photography to Interior Design, at the Petit Palais. This fascinating perspective on her work takes you to the core of her inspirations as a designer by looking at the role that photography played in her creative process. Her use of photography shaped ideas about the "laws of nature", cataloguing components of both our natural environments and man-made urban environments. This meditation on the shape of things directly flowed into her thought process informing much of her furniture design, experimentation with spatial arrangements, forms and materials use during her time at the Le Corbusier/Pierre Jeanneret studio. Many of the photographs document objects found on her numerous walks. 'The most important thing to realise is that what drives the modern movement is a spirit of enquiry,' she once said. 'It's a process of analysis and not a style.' This exhibition definitely exposes us to her sense of curiosity. 

The inspiration photograph: 'Art Brut Grès plage Normandie vers' by Charlotte Perriand, 1935...
©AChP_ADAGP, Paris 2011... and the final product: 'Table Basse' by Charlotte Perriand, 1984
Collection Musée des Arts décoratifs. Photograph: Pernette Perriand-Barsac, ©AChP_ADAGP,
Paris 2011

The inspiration photograph:'Immeuble de l’Armée du Salut en construction, vers' by Charlotte
Perriand, 1931... ©AChP_ADAGP, Paris 2011... and the final product: 'Meuble de séparation'
by Charlotte Perriand, 1954 ©AChP_ADAGP, Paris 2011

The exhibition runs until 11 September 2011 at the Petit Palais, Paris.

 
Jacqueline Cullen's Whitby Jet & Crystal earrings.

These images of fireworks by Pierre Le Hors - I LOVE. Although in black and white, it reminds
me of warm, colorful summer nights in Japan.

During a recent trip to SF Makiko took us to this bright yellow Victorian Gem in the dogpatch.
3 retails joined together: Restaurant: Piccino/coffee to go (serving Piccino roast by Blue
bottle), Lifestyle/fashion: M.A.C. & Wine bar: Dig. Its nice to see this area of town develop.
Piccino was always a dogpatch favorite alongside brunch & Beignets at Just for You across
the street.
 
View of the M.A.C. shop & restaurant from the bar.
We all stop for coffee. Makiko sips on Piccino roast by Blue bottle. Neil, as always, checking
the crema of his shot of espresso.

Grape vines off the Silverado Trail, Napa Ca.
Nature's nectar 

Flowers growing wild...

 
Modernist "planetary - like" ring by Liisa Vitali 1972